Comments on: Revisiting the click track

By: Catharsis Studios

Catharsis Studios — Wed, 26 May 2010 08:32:01 +0000

this is so far off its hillarious it doesn’t take notice of tempo changes i mean hell it even said attack attack stick stickly was 75% which those drums are 100% programmed

By: Quarterlifeparty » Blog Archive » Bands that Use Click Tracks

Quarterlifeparty » Blog Archive » Bands that Use Click Tracks — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 15:21:00 +0000

[...] this to be a pretty interesting post, and experiment, about drummers that use click tracks vs. those that [...]

By: Doug

Doug — Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:07:45 +0000

Don’t forget about quantizing individual hits after the fact. That’s huge in metal. A lot of the hyper modern stuff has even more to do with quantizing than click tracks, thus the difference between Peart, and phenomenally tight drummer, and Breaking Benjamin.

By: Ninja

Ninja — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 22:20:09 +0000

If you can’t tell with your ears, who cares?!

By: music is magic

music is magic — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 15:52:12 +0000

as a drummer myself and having seen Ginger Baker live a few times, i’m willing to bet he doesn’t use a click track. he is just rock steady.

By: Nick

Nick — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 11:16:57 +0000

I’m not sure that electronica etc “benefit from an ultra-precise tempo”, but the steady tempo makes it much easier for DJs to rearrange tracks on the fly. The DJ may change the tempo in performance later.
Any one track would probably benefit from some changes in tempo but unlike the other genres, the source track isn’t necessarily the final product.

Can’t think of a similar excuse for numetal – I suppose if the album is heavily produced then having all the parts recorded separately against a click track gives more freedom in post.

By: Revisiting the click track

Revisiting the click track — Mon, 15 Feb 2010 09:35:10 +0000

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By: The truth is out there « new traditionalists

The truth is out there « new traditionalists — Sat, 13 Feb 2010 04:37:56 +0000

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By: Scott Bricklin

Scott Bricklin — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 20:29:49 +0000

very interesting!

By: Ian K.

Ian K. — Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:58:40 +0000

Speaking of “click tracks” of a sort: Legend has it that the finger snapping on Tennessee Ernie Ford’s “16 Tons” were laid down by Ernie to help the band stay in tempo with him. They were supposed to remove the snaps afterwards, but they were inadvertently left in. The results: one of the biggest hits Capitol Records ever had.